Dev Tycoon vs Pawn Shop Boss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dev Tycoon
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Start with $50,000 and a dream. In Dev Tycoon, you play as a 25-year-old founder building a software company from scratch. Hire developers and marketers, create SaaS products, gain customers, and watch your revenue grow, or watch it all collapse if you run out of cash!
Pawn Shop Boss
Manage your own pawn shop, inspecting items, negotiating deals, and making strategic business decisions. Grow your business by upgrading your shop, hiring staff, and completing quests to become the ultimate pawn shop boss.
- Buy, sell, and pawn items
- Inspect deals and negotiate
- Manage shop inventory and space
- Upgrade shop and hire staff
- Complete quests and build reputation
- Multiple language support
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Pawn Shop Boss puts you behind the counter of a busy pawn shop. Inspect items, negotiate with customers, buy low, sell high, and offer pawn loans. Every day brings new deals, rare objects, quests, and business decisions. Grow your shop by managing cash, diamonds, storage, showroom space, security, staff, and licenses. Complete quests, build your reputation, and discover black market opportunities. Features: • Buy, sell, and pawn a variety of items • Inspect risky deals before making an offer • Negotiate with customers and build lasting relationships • Manage storage, showroom inventory, and auctions • Upgrade your shop, hire staff, and acquire licenses • Complete quests and increase your prestige • Choose Turkish, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Brazilian Portuguese in Settings Every offer matters. Make smart deals and become the boss of your pawn shop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dev Tycoon at none against Pawn Shop Boss's 3. Dev Tycoon also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pawn Shop Boss sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dev Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dev Tycoon ships an update every 6 days, Pawn Shop Boss every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dev Tycoon | Pawn Shop Boss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orkun Orbay | Berkay Ozkaya |
In-app purchases
Dev Tycoon
No in-app purchases
Pawn Shop Boss
- 10 Diamonds$1.49
- 100 Diamonds$11.99
- 1000 Diamonds$89.99
Questions
Is Dev Tycoon free?
Is Pawn Shop Boss free?
Do Dev Tycoon or Pawn Shop Boss have ads?
Which is updated more often, Dev Tycoon or Pawn Shop Boss?
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